WITNESS LIST

Economic Development Committee
April 20, 1999-9:00A  


HB 2450
   FOR:     McKinney, Mike (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin

   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Gray, Alan (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin

            Sparks, Robert (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin


SB 169
   Registering, but not testifying:
   On:      Doss, Dianna (Texas State Florists' Assn.), Austin


SB 288
   FOR:     Davis, Will (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Barron, Connie (Texas Medical Association), Austin

            Evans, Richard (TABCC), Austin

            Hanners, Sally (Texas Dental Association), Austin

            Keene, Russ (AETNA), Austin

            Kloster, Jeff (Tx. Assoc. of Health Plans), Austin

            Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin

            Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

            Samuels, Marc (Texas Pediatric Society), Austin

   Against: Payne, Tyson (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin

            Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas), Austin

   On:      Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin


SB 497
   FOR:     Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin

            McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin

            McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association of Texas), Austin

   AGAINST: Davis, Will (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

   ON:      Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin

   Registering, but not testifying:
   Against: Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

            Thompson, Jay (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin


SB 508
   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin


SB 512
   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Kloster, Jeff (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans), Austin


SB 532
   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Judge Prindle, Sandy (Justices of the Peace Assn.), Hurst


SB 538
   FOR:     Rothstein, Mark (Self), Houston

            Sokolow, Judith (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin

   AGAINST: Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

            Thompson, Jay (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association), Austin

            Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas), Austin

            McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin

            Samuels, Marc (Texas Pediatric Society), Austin

            Westbrook, Redge (CTD- Coalition of Texans with Disabilities),
                        Austin

   Against: Davis, Will (Texas Assn. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

   On:      Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin


SB 623
   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas & Texas Advocates), Austin

            Schwartz, Jonas (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas), Austin

            Sokolow, Judith (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin

   On:      Erben, Andrew (Texas Association of Builders), Austin

            Garvin, John (Texas Department of Housing and Community
                        Affairs), Austin


SB 1029
   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Matula, Ivan (Texas Acupuncture Association), Austin

            Myers, Leslie (Texas Acupuncture Association), Driftwood

            Newbold, Dee Ann (Texas Acupuncture Association), Austin

            Payne, Tyson (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin

   Against: Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

            Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas), Austin

   On:      Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin


SB 1030
   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin

            Barron, Connie (Texas Medical Association), Austin

            Gonzales, David (Legend Pharmacists), Austin

            Gray, Tammy (Lamar Plaza Drug Store), Austin

            Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin

            Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas), Austin

            McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin

            McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas), Austin

            Payne, Tyson (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin

   Against: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans), Austin

   On:      Bordelon, Rod (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel), Austin

            Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin


SB 1063
   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin

            Horne, Allen (Texas Hospital Association), Austin

            Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association), Austin

            Walker, Craig Alan (Tx. Org. of Rural & Community Hosp.,Tx.
                        Rural Health Assn.), Austin

            Wallace, B.R. (Skipper) (RCHS Board), Lampasas

   On:      Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin

            Tessen, Robert "Sam" (Center for Rural Health Initiatives),
                        Austin


SB 1246
   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Donaldson, Nub (Car & Truck Rental & Leasing Association),
                        Austin

   On:      Durden, David (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin


SB 1274
   AGAINST: Baldwin, George (Associated General Contractors), Austin

   ON:      Mitchell, Mark (Self), Austin

   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Bruns, Richard (Texas Construction Association), Austin


SB 1376
   FOR:     Davis, Will (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

            Patterson, Jerry (Texas Association of Health Plans), Austin

   ON:      Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin

   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Keene, Russ (Self), Dallas

            Pollard, mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin

            Yates, Jim (Self), San Antonio

   Against: Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas), Austin


SB 1787
   ON:      Smith, Ricky (Texas Department of Public Safety), Austin

   Registering, but not testifying:
   For:     Gilbert, Bo (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas), Austin

            Huxel, Bob (Farmers Insurance Group), Austin

            Simpson, Robert (State Farm Insurance Companies), Austin

   Against: Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union), Austin

   On:      Durden, David (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin

            Hunt, Darrel (Texas Department of Transportation), Lago Vista

            Smith, Dewayne Lee (Texas Department of Public Safety), Austin